By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Temsirolimus does not improve progression-free survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) compared to standard treatment, according to results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with potentially resectable colorectal liver metastases, the use of combined PET and CT imaging (PET-CT) identifies those with occult extrahepatic disease…
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vandetanib shows encouraging action against advanced and metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma, researchers report in an October 24th on-line paper in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Energy-based vessel sealing appears to decrease operating time, blood loss, and hospital stay in women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy, researchers say. “Energy-based vessel sealing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who deliver their first baby with a cesarean section face an increased risk of adverse reproductive outcomes in subsequent pregnancies, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic coronary artery disease, prasugrel overcomes high on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity more effectively than doubling the dose of clopidogrel, results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More intensive blood glucose lowering won’t reduce the risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes, and when achieved with a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thoracoscopic unilateral extended thymectomy (TUET) is “the best treatment option” for patients undergoing surgery for nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis, clinicians from Romania conclude in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitalized nonsurgical patients (medical patients and those with acute stroke) should receive pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis, unless the risk for bleeding outweighs…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older patients with advanced hematologic malignancies and comorbid conditions can successfully undergo nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), results of a new study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After organ transplantation, the overall risk of any new malignancy doubles, according to a new report from the U.S. National Cancer Institute. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – All women found to have vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) require some form of treatment and follow-up surveillance, according to recommendations from The American…
